Ruan Xiong never imagined until his death that he, who was also at the eighth level of the Golden Core, could not even pass three moves under Zhou Yang.
Zhou Yang's Xiaocheng realm's [Nirvana and Soul-Burning Divine Light] is almost a method of killing gods at the sight of gods when dealing with golden elixir monks who have not prepared any countermeasures in advance.
An eighth-level Golden Core cultivator as powerful as Ruan Xiong was easily decapitated by him with a flying sword before he could show off his skills after being attacked.
However, what Zhou Yang did not expect was that after Ruan Xiong died, the [water-avoiding golden-eyed beast] that originally pounced on him suddenly turned its head with ecstasy in its eyes and instantly pounced on Ruan Xiong's body.
wrong!
Zhou Yang's expression changed, and the flying sword that flew back after cutting off Ruan Xiong's head was immediately driven by him to slash at the "Water-avoiding Golden Eyed Beast".
He himself even used the [Suppressing Sky Canglong Cauldron] with a loud shout, sealing the void within dozens of miles.
The void was sealed, and the huge body of the [Water-Avoiding Golden-Eyed Beast] suddenly fell hard to the ground, causing the ground to shake.
Ouch!
An angry roar roared out from the mouth of the [Water-avoiding Golden-Eyed Beast] that landed on the ground. It swung away the flying sword that was slashing at it with its claws, and ran towards Ruan Xiong's headless corpse with all four legs.
But even though it ran extremely fast, it was still not as fast as the unrestrained Zhou Yang.
When it finally reached the finish line, Ruan Xiong's body had been put into the tower by Zhou Yang using the [Qianyang Golden Pagoda].
"What? Are you looking for this?"
In mid-air, facing the extremely angry gaze of the [Water-avoiding Golden Eyed Beast], Zhou Yang raised his hand and showed a blood-colored token he found from Ruan Xiong.
This blood-colored token is only half a foot long, and its surface exudes a layer of hazy blood light. Through this blood light, you can faintly see the figure of a small blue beast attached to the token inside.
If you look carefully, you can find that the figure of the little blue beast actually looks exactly like the [Water-avoiding Golden Eyed Beast].
roar!
[Water-avoiding golden-eyed beast] stared straight at the bloody token in Zhou Yang's hand, and let out a low, suppressed roar in his throat.
From its eyes, Zhou Yang saw various complex emotions such as desire, fear, and anger.
When he saw this, he immediately became more sure of his guess. He couldn't help but smile and said: "If Zhou guessed correctly, this object should be the reason why you are willing to obey Ruan Xiong. The beast shadow in this token
, it should be part of your demon soul, right?"
What he didn't expect was that after hearing his words, the [Water-Avoiding Golden-Eyed Beast]'s eyes flashed with hesitation, and he suddenly spoke human words: "Human, tell me, what do you want to do before you are willing to kill me?"
Return the [Bird Soul Card] to me?"
"You can speak human language!"
Zhou Yang glanced at the [Water-avoiding Golden Eyed Beast] in surprise, then seemed to remember something, and said with a sudden look on his face: "That's right, with only Ruan Xiong's strength, how can it be possible to conquer your strength?"
A powerful fifth-level high-grade monster, let alone stripping off your monster soul to refine this [Born Soul Card]!"
"Human, if you return the [Born Soul Card] to me, I will tell you a big secret and give you the treasures I have accumulated throughout my life. What do you think?"
[Water-avoiding golden-eyed beast] Seeing that Zhou Yang did not answer his words, he couldn't help but take the initiative to express his conditions.
"Hehehe, you really know how to joke!"
Zhou Yang chuckled, looked at the [Water-avoiding Golden-Eyed Beast] with a joking look on his face and said: "Your [Born Soul Card] is in my hand, which means that life and death are beyond my hand, so who do you have the right to talk to me about it?"
Conditions? As for the treasures you have accumulated throughout your life, if Zhou guessed correctly, they would have been looted by Ruan Xiong long ago, and now they have also fallen into Zhou’s hands!"
"you……"
[Water-avoiding golden-eyed beast] glared at Zhou Yang and swung its tail in anger.
"Okay, if you don't want to suffer, just be honest with Zhou, otherwise Zhou won't mind killing you and using your claws, scales and horns to refine weapons!"
Zhou Yang's face darkened, and he suddenly fired a burst of mana that fell into the blood-colored token in his hand, turning into a nail and stabbing the little blue beast on the token hard.
Ouch!
[Water-avoiding golden-eyed beast] let out a scream, and collapsed to the ground involuntarily, howling in agony.
After a while of this, it got up again and looked at Zhou Yang with hatred and fear. It really didn't dare to say anything more to return the [Born Soul Card] to it.
"You are so good. From now on, follow Zhou and be an honest beast. The benefits will be yours!"
Zhou Yang nodded with satisfaction, then opened his mouth and swallowed the [Born Soul Card] in his hand directly, treating it as a magic weapon and refining it.
This [Born Soul Card] is originally a special magic weapon. As long as you refine this magic weapon and make a thought, you can activate the restrictions in the magic weapon to punish the controlled monsters. It is extremely easy to use.
After he refined this magical weapon, as long as the [Water-avoiding Golden Eyed Beast] was not promoted to the sixth-level Demon King realm, it would be impossible to resist him.
[Water-avoiding golden-eyed beast] obviously also understood this, so after seeing Zhou Yang refine the [Born Soul Card], it completely gave up on regaining freedom, and even did not dare to look at Zhou Yang with hatred anymore, fearing that
Therefore, Zhou Yang's revenge and punishment was again incurred.
As for the benefits Zhou Yang just said, it just ignored it and didn't take it seriously at all.
It is impossible for these stingy and selfish human monks not to rob it of the treasures it has worked so hard to find, so how could they still benefit from it?
However, the next moment, Zhou Yang's actions stunned him.
Zhou Yang waved his hand, and two [Blood Dragon Rice] shaped like dragon's teeth, one foot long and two inches wide, were thrown directly in front of it.
"Are these two pieces of [Blood Dragon Rice] enough for you to recover from your injuries?"
Zhou Yang looked at the [Water-Repelling Golden Eyed Beast] with dull eyes staring at the two [Blood Dragon Rice] on the ground, feeling proud in his heart.
He knew that [Water-avoiding Golden-Eyed Beast] was good at hunting for treasures, and ordinary treasures might not be appreciated at all, but spiritual objects with extremely high cultivation conditions like [Blood Dragon Rice] were definitely not something that monsters like him could easily find.
Found.
And [Blood Dragon Rice], a spiritual object, has a greater effect on monsters than humans. If those monsters with the blood of dragons can eat this food regularly, they might be able to turn into real dragons.
Even monsters without dragon blood can improve their cultivation, strengthen their bodies, and recover from injuries by taking this spiritual substance.
"This, this, this [Blood Dragon Rice] is really for me?"
[Water-avoiding Golden Eyed Beast] struggled to move his eyes away from the two [Blood Dragon Rice] on the ground, looking at Zhou Yang with disbelief on his face, still doubting whether he heard correctly just now.
When did the stingy and selfish human monks become so kind?
Could it be that the sun rises from the west?
"It's just two pieces of [Blood Dragon Rice], look at how excited you are!"
Zhou Yang looked at the [Water-avoiding Golden Eyed Beast] with a calm expression, and said with a seductive tone: "Zhou said, as long as you follow Zhou and be an honest beast, the benefits will definitely be yours, let alone [Blood Dragon Rice]
], it’s the [Dragon Blood Pill], the sixth-level dragon spirit flesh, which Zhou also has in his hands!”
[Water-avoiding golden-eyed beast] heard his words, his eyes flashed, and then he couldn't help but hummed: "Huh, don't fool me with this trick, I'm not one of those low-level monsters with low IQs."
The beast will be fooled by your empty words!"
After speaking, it opened its mouth and sucked in two blood-colored spiritual rice on the ground that looked like they were carved from fine jade, and swallowed them in one gulp.
Quite arrogant!
Zhou Yang looked at the [Water-avoiding Golden Eyed Beast] that swallowed [Blood Dragon Rice] and then closed its eyes to refine the potion, and felt funny in his heart.
The mentality of these fifth-level monsters seems to be a little like children.
[Water-avoiding golden-eyed beast] is like this. The same is true for the golden-winged thunder eagle that he placed in the boundless sea of sand cultivation world to take charge of his family, and the colorful peacock who was taken by Jiang Fengxian.
Fortunately, he already has enough experience in educating these "little children".
As long as this [water-avoiding golden-eyed beast] follows him for a long time, it will be submissive to him sooner or later, and it will no longer dare to act arrogantly in front of him.
While the [Water-avoiding Golden Eyed Beast] digested the [Blood Dragon Rice], Zhou Yang couldn't help but turn his attention to the black cave again.
Although the previous conversation with Ruan Xiong had confirmed the deaths of Wei Tao, Huang Yunxing, Qian Bingyun, and Liu Xingping, he intuitively felt that there must be something fishy in this matter.
After all, those four people are all golden elixir-level monks, and Wei Tao is a seventh-level golden elixir monk who has lived for more than 900 years. How come he doesn’t have some killer skills?
It only took less than half a quarter of an hour from the time Ruan Xiong was the first to jump down, to the Taoist couple Qian Bingyun and Liu Xingping who jumped down last.
In such a short period of time, even if the [Water-avoiding Golden Eyed Beast] cooperated with him to launch a sneak attack, logically speaking, it shouldn't be so easy to kill four people.
Of course, this is not the most critical thing. The most critical thing is that Zhou Yang has rummaged through Ruan Xiong's body, but did not find the storage rings of the other four people or the magic weapons used in the previous battle.
Through the analysis of these doubts, Zhou Yang guessed that there might be other people in the cave, and perhaps that was the big secret that the [Water-Avoiding Golden Eyed Beast] mentioned before.
Thinking of this, he couldn't help but look back at the [Water-avoiding Golden Eyed Beast] who was still digesting the [Blood Dragon Rice], and he became very curious about the "big secret" in his mouth.
However, he was not in a hurry to disturb the [Water-avoiding Golden Eyed Beast]. Instead, he found a place to sit down cross-legged and meditated to recover his mana while waiting patiently.
Two or three hours passed like this, and when the sky turned dark, the [Water-avoiding Golden Eyed Beast] finally finished digesting the medicinal power of [Blood Dragon Rice] and recovered the scars on its body left in the previous battle.
"How is it? Are you satisfied with the effect of my [Blood Dragon Rice]?"
Zhou Yang opened his eyes, looked at the [Water-avoiding Golden Eyed Beast] with a still unfinished expression on his face, and asked with a smile.
[Water-avoiding golden-eyed beast] A pair of golden eyes glanced at Zhou Yang, then closed his eyes. He stuck out his tongue and sipped his mouth without saying anything: "It's okay, but the quantity is too small. I haven't tasted enough."
Got it!"
Zhou Yang was also amused by the beast's words, and couldn't help laughing and scolding: "You still have enough taste, do you think you are Zhu Bajie eating ginseng fruit?"
"What kind of spiritual fruit is ginseng fruit? It sounds delicious!"
[Water-avoiding golden-eyed beast]'s eyes lit up, and he looked at Zhou Yang with bright eyes, full of curiosity.
Zhou Yang didn't have the time to explain to it what ginseng fruit was, so he couldn't help but waved his hand and said: "Okay, let's not talk about this anymore. Do you have a name? If not, Zhou will help you pick one."
"Giving a name? We monsters don't need names, as long as they have names."
[Water-avoiding golden-eyed beast] shook his head, seemingly not interested in Zhou Yang naming it.
When Zhou Yang heard this, he couldn't help but ask: "Then do you have a name now?"
"When I am promoted to the sixth level Demon King, I will naturally have a name." [Water-avoiding Golden Eyed Beast] shook his head again.
"In that case, before you are promoted to the sixth level Demon King, please call yourself Bi'er!"
Zhou Yang directly announced his name for the [Water-avoiding Golden Eyed Beast] in a positive tone.
[Water-avoiding golden-eyed beast] has a clear female voice when speaking, and its personality is arrogant and like a little girl. The feminine name "Bier" is just in line with its identity.
The [Water-avoiding Golden Eyed Beast] itself didn't care much about the name. After hearing Zhou Yang's affirmative words, it didn't object and immediately nodded in agreement.
Seeing that it agreed, Zhou Yang continued: "Also, in the future, unless I give permission, you are not allowed to expose your ability to speak in front of outsiders easily. When you call me, if you don't like to call me master, you can also
Call me Lord or Master."
"Yes, sir."
[Water-avoiding golden-eyed beast], which should be called Bi'er now, responded to Zhou Yang obediently.
Seeing this, Zhou Yang couldn't help but nodded with satisfaction, then pointed to the underground cave with a solemn expression and asked Bi'er: "Okay, Bi'er, you can tell me now, who else is hiding in this underground cave?"
How did the four people who went down with Ruan Xiong die?"
"Master Mingjian, what is hidden in this underground cave is not a human being, but a..."
As Bi'er spoke, Zhou Yang's expression changed again and again. When Bi'er stopped speaking, his expression was so gloomy that he seemed to be dripping with water.
At this moment, he was extremely happy, glad that he was cautious enough and did not follow him rashly into the cave.
Otherwise, he may not be able to stand here safely now.
It turned out that there was indeed a strong man hiding in the underground cave, but it was not the monk he had guessed in advance, but a [Zombie Mandrill] with the strength of the Nascent Soul Stage!
[Zombie Mandrill] This kind of thing is actually the same as the "Tiansha Corpse King" that Zhou Yang once encountered in the far west. It is a "psychic zombie" formed under special circumstances after the death of the immortal cultivator.
The difference is that [Zombie Mandrill] is far more difficult to form than ordinary "psychic zombies", and it is also much more difficult to deal with than ordinary "psychic zombies".
No one knows exactly how the [Zombie Mandrill] is formed. They just know that this kind of monster can only be formed after the death of monks who have cultivated at the Nascent Soul stage or above.
Moreover, the monk who formed the [Zombie Mandrill] must not have exhausted his lifespan and died, must not have been a monk practicing Yang-type martial arts with thunder and fire attributes, must not have taken another person's body, and must have died with resentment.
Such harsh formation conditions make it impossible for [Zombie Mandrills] to be formed through means arranged during their lifetime like "psychic zombies" like "Tiansha Zombie King".
However, once the [Zombie Mandrill] is formed, its strength is also much stronger than ordinary "psychic zombies".
This kind of monster can be said to be half corpse and half ghost. Not only do they possess most of the memories of their lifetimes, they know how to practice martial arts and supernatural powers, and how to refine magic weapons and elixirs. They also have almost no lifespan limit, and they seem to be able to exist forever.
Just this last one can be regarded as a different kind of immortality!
Therefore, if [Zombie Mandrills] cannot be formed by means of pre-life arrangements like ordinary "psychic zombies", I am afraid that there are many Nascent Soul Stage monks with short lifespan in the world of immortality who would be willing to arrange means to transform themselves into [Zombie Mandrills]
], live forever.
Of course, not everything about [Zombie Mandrill] is perfect. It also has flaws. First of all, its most fatal flaw is that although it can practice martial arts and magical powers, its cultivation level can never be improved. What cultivation level it was when it was formed will always be the same in the future.
What cultivation.
Furthermore, [Zombie Mandrill] is a zombie monster after all, and like all monsters, it is restrained by Zhiyang True Fire and thunder and lightning spells such as [Qianyang True Fire].
Finally, and what is most unbearable for normal monks, is that once they become a [Zombie Mandrill], regardless of whether they were immortal cultivators or demon cultivators during their lifetime, their temperament will change drastically and they will become murderous, torturing all living beings with killing.
Living things are for fun.
Currently, a [Zombie Mandrill] with Nascent Soul stage strength is being detained and suppressed in the cave. Zhou Yang now has the [Born Soul Card] in his hand that can control the life and death of the [Water-Repelling Golden Eyed Beast], and it was also he who personally drew the [Water-Repelling Golden Eyed Beast].
Refined from the demon soul of "Golden Eyed Beast".
And Ruan Xiong was also controlled by the [Zombie Mandrill], and was ordered by it to lure the Golden Core Stage monks to come to the cave to die.
As for the purpose of [Zombie Mandrill] doing all this, it is to use the nine golden elixir stages as a blood sacrifice to help himself out of trouble.
Now, including Wei Tao, Huang Yunxing and other four people who entered the cave before, [Zombie Mandrill] has gathered eight people.
It is conceivable that if Zhou Yang had followed, he might have become the ninth person!
After knowing this kind of inside story, how could Zhou Yang not be terrified!
"According to what you said, the [Zombie Mandrill] is still banned and suppressed, unable to stretch its claws out of the cave?"
He pursed his lips slightly, looked at Bi'er with solemn eyes and asked in a deep voice.
"Of course, otherwise, sir, if you killed Ruan Xiong and took away my [Born Soul Card], how could it just watch and remain indifferent?"
Bi'er nodded slightly, quietly glanced at the underground cave, and said with fear and hatred in her eyes.
The reason why it lost its freedom was because of the [Zombie Mandrill], so how could it not hate the culprit?
When Zhou Yang heard what it said, he nodded slightly, agreeing with its words.
However, just when it thought that everything should be over, Zhou Yang would take it out of this dangerous place immediately after understanding the situation clearly.
Zhou Yang suddenly looked at it and asked: "The treasure that suppresses the [Zombie Mandrill] is really a sixth-level magic weapon as you said? Is the spiritual energy under the cave really reaching the level of sixth-level spiritual veins?"
"Master, why are you asking this? Are you..."
Bi'er's eyes widened and she looked at Zhou Yang with shock in her eyes. She was frightened by Zhou Yang's words.
Zhou Yang saw its appearance, but his face darkened, and he scolded: "Just answer my questions, sir. Don't ask about things that you shouldn't ask about!"
Bi'er was frightened by his lecture, and nodded in response: "Yes, sir, what you said is correct. The monster once swore to Ruan Xiong that as long as Ruan Xiong helped it escape, it would take that monster away."
I will give him a sixth-level magic weapon and take him to a place called Donglai Immortal Island to look for opportunities to have a baby!"
"[Donglai Immortal Island]? Sir, why haven't I heard of this place in the overseas world of immortality? Do you know what that place is?"
Zhou Yang narrowed his eyes and seemed to have discovered something extraordinary.
Bi'er shook her head this time and said: "I don't know. Ruan Xiong also asked the monster about it at that time, but the monster replied that it was a secret that only Yuanying stage monks were qualified to know. Only after they are truly out of trouble
Only then will I inform him.”
"Are only Nascent Soul Stage monks qualified to know?"
Zhou Yang nodded thoughtfully, vaguely guessing something.
Then he glanced at Bi'er who was looking at him nervously, smiled softly and said: "Don't worry, sir, I haven't lived enough yet, and I won't die in front of that monster easily!"
It would be best if you were dead!
Bi'er secretly thought in her heart, but she didn't dare to show it at all. She also said: "Then I can rest assured. I don't want to see that monster again. Instead of being enslaved by it, Bi'er would rather follow you, Master!"
You don’t want to follow me, you are just greedy for the [Blood Dragon Rice] in my storage ring!
Zhou Yang glanced at this spiritual beast with erratic eyes, and he knew all about its little thoughts, but he didn't reveal them.
What he just said was not to fool Bi'er, but that was what he really thought in his heart.
However, Bi'er didn't notice. He only said that he would not "easily" go to that [Zombie Mandrill] to die, but he did not say that he would not kill that [Zombie Mandrill] with sufficient preparation.
According to Bi'er, Zhou Yang judged that the [Zombie Mandrill]'s strength should be equivalent to that of an early Yuanying monk, at least that's the only strength it could exert before escaping from the trap.
In this case, Zhou Yang, who has mastered [Qian Yang True Fire], does not need to be too afraid of the opponent if he is well prepared.
And he was very interested in the sixth-level magic weapon that suppressed [Zombie Mandrill], the rich spiritual energy in the underground cave that was comparable to the sixth-level spiritual veins, and the [Donglai Immortal Island] mentioned by [Zombie Mandrill].
and want to have.
If, if he could destroy the [Zombie Mandrill], he would be able to harvest a sixth-level magic weapon and a place for transforming elixirs and forming babies. It could be said that he killed two birds with one stone.
Of course, it would be even better if we could get news about [Donglai Immortal Island] from [Zombie Mandrill].
If Zhou Yang guessed correctly, the so-called [Donglai Fairy Island] is probably a place similar to the [Qingtian Fairyland] that can be used to help Nascent Soul monks advance to the Tribulation Stage.
Such a place must contain many extremely rare spiritual objects, otherwise [Zombie Mandrill] would not have said that it would take Ruan Xiong there to look for opportunities to have a baby.
Of course, it is also possible that [Zombie Mandrill] is deceiving Ruan Xiong. Maybe there is no [Donglai Fairy Island] at all, or it has no intention of taking Ruan Xiong there.
But for Zhou Yang, the first two benefits were enough to tempt him.
"Don't worry, since the [Zombie Mandrill] still needs one Golden Core Stage cultivator to meet the conditions for escape, it means that it will definitely not be able to escape at the moment. I will go find Fengxian first. She and Bi'er will be there to support them. Even if
If things change, I can escape in time and not really die here!"
He restrained the greed in his heart and looked at the vast sea outside the island, already making a decision in his heart.